A Seditious Affair by KJ Charles is one of the best books I’ve read all year. The romance, the politics, the history, everything combines to a near-perfect whole. It’s not a stand-alone and readers who skip A Fashionable Indulgence, the first in the Society of Gentlemen series, will miss quite a lot as much of
Every Christmas, I bake a fairly epic number of cookies. I give them as gifts, bring them to parties and, uh, eat them. So when Judith from Binge on Books asked if I wanted to a holiday collaboration of some sort, I said, “SURE!” It’s up today with photos of all the cookies I baked
So. Hazelnut & Whiskey-Chocolate Ganache Sandwich Cookies. Doesn’t that sound AH-MAZING? That’s because it is! Every year I bake for the holidays–a bunch of cookies that stay pretty standard from year-to-year and a couple of experiments. And lemme tell you, this experiment is the best one ever. I sent a few of the first batch
Season for Surrender by Theresa Romain is a smart, light-hearted, slightly unconventional historical romance. On the face of it, it’s a bluestocking heroine and a rakish hero meeting up at a holiday house party on the shaky basis of a wager between the hero, Lord Xavier, and his equally disreputable cousin, Lord Lockwood. Louisa is
A Midnight Clear by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner is a FREE prequel novella to their Fly Me to the Moon series, 1960s-set historical romances with astronaut heroes. This novella is set in the late-1940s, a bit before the start of the rest of the series, and features young love, motorcycle riding, sailing, dinner party
One of the things I worry about when I post baking projects is that people might not have all the right equipment. I’ve got a pretty well-stocked tool cabinet, but I’m also a pretty serious baker. I’ve been through several iterations of bowls, measuring cups, thermometers and all sorts of ingredients to find just what
My friends Mary Chris Escobar, Julia Kelly and Alexis Anne invited me to join them for the December edition of their web show First Draught, where they talk about the craft of writing paired with a monthly special drink. So tune in tonight, December 1st, on Youtube at 8:30 PM EST where I’ll be sharing
